Los Angeles in the Space Age

The atlas holds 69 people and 129 moments here, from 1957 to 2024. The most recorded lives are Jim Morrison, Ronald Reagan and Whitney Houston.

Notable people

  1. Glynis Johns

    from 1964 to 2024

    2 moments here

    British actress, dancer and singer whose stage and screen career ran from childhood performances in Britain to Broadway and later American work.…

  2. Heath Ledger

    in 2005

    1 moment here

    Australian actor and music-video director whose career began in Australian television, expanded internationally after his 1998 move to the United…

  3. Igor Stravinsky

    in 1962

    1 moment here

    Russian-born composer, conductor, and pianist who became a French citizen in 1934 and an American citizen in 1945.…

  4. Jim Morrison

    from 1965 to 1971

    9 moments here

    James Douglas “Jim” Morrison was an American singer, songwriter, poet, and lead vocalist of the Doors.…

  5. Joan Fontaine

    in 1975

    1 moment here

    British-American actress Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, professionally Joan Fontaine, was an Academy Award-winning performer known especially for…

  6. John F. Kennedy

    in 1960

    1 moment here

    John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…

  7. John Lennon

    from 1970 to 1974

    3 moments here

    English musician, songwriter, artist and peace activist; co-founder of the Beatles. This chronology records documented physical presence at…

  8. Judy Garland

    in 1961

    1 moment here

    American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…

  9. Katharine Hepburn

    in 1976

    1 moment here

    American stage, film, and television actress whose career ran from 1928 to 1995. Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, educated at Bryn Mawr…

  10. Kelly Preston

    in 2001

    1 moment here

    Kelly Kamalelehua Smith, known professionally as Kelly Preston, was an American actress whose career spanned film and television from 1980 to 2020.…

  11. Kobe Bryant

    from 2006 to 2016

    3 moments here

    Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire 20-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers.…

  12. Kofi Annan

    in 2003

    1 moment here

    Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…

  13. Kurt Cobain

    in 1994

    1 moment here

    American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and founding member of Nirvana. This chronology maps documented residences, recording sessions, performances,…

  14. Marilyn Monroe

    from 1961 to 1962

    2 moments here

    American actress and model born Norma Jeane Mortenson. This chronology maps verified places where Monroe lived, worked, traveled, performed, filmed,…

  15. Marlon Brando

    from 1989 to 2004

    2 moments here

    American actor and activist whose stage and screen career ranged from Broadway in the 1940s to major films through the early 2000s.…

  16. Martin Luther King Jr.

    in 1965

    1 moment here

    American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…

  17. Maya Angelou

    in 1965

    2 moments here

    American memoirist, poet, performer, educator, and civil-rights activist. Her documented life moved from Missouri and Arkansas to California and New…

  18. Mercedes Sosa

    in 1995

    1 moment here

    Argentine folk singer and leading exponent of the nuevo cancionero movement, internationally known for interpreting Latin American popular song and…

  19. Michael Jackson

    in 2009

    1 moment here

    American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist whose career began with the Jackson 5 and developed into global solo stardom.…

  20. Miriam Makeba

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    South African singer, songwriter, actor, and anti-apartheid activist known as “Mama Africa.” Makeba’s career took her from Johannesburg and Pretoria…

  21. Mohamed Morsi

    in 1982

    1 moment here

    Egyptian engineer, university professor, Muslim Brotherhood politician, and Egypt’s fifth president, serving from 2012 until his removal in July…

  22. Nelson Mandela

    in 1990

    1 moment here

    South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…

  23. Ngô Đình Diệm

    in 1957

    1 moment here

    Ngô Đình Diệm was a Vietnamese civil servant, nationalist politician, prime minister of the State of Vietnam, and first president of the Republic of…

  24. Nikita Khrushchev

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Soviet Communist Party leader and chairman of the Council of Ministers. Khrushchev rose from industrial work in the Donbas through party posts in…

Moments

  1. 1976 A Matter of Gravity tour stop in Los Angeles Katharine Hepburn
  2. 1977 Los Angeles comedy-club work Robin Williams
  3. 1978 Visiting student at USC Shinzo Abe
  4. 1979 Gone with the Wind anniversary tribute Olivia de Havilland
  5. 1979 U.S. visit to Los Angeles Ahmed Sékou Touré
  6. 1980 KBE papers presented at Universal Studios Alfred Hitchcock
  7. 1980 Los Angeles Music Center headline performance Teresa Teng
  8. 1980 Death at Bel Air home Alfred Hitchcock
  9. 1981 Rolling Stones opening appearance Prince
  10. 1982 Doctoral study at USC Mohamed Morsi
  11. 1982 Chuck Berry special at the Roxy Tina Turner
  12. 1982 Final U.S. concerts Freddie Mercury
  13. 1983 Lived in Los Angeles Douglas Adams
  14. 1983 Recorded The Works in Los Angeles Freddie Mercury
  15. 1984 Opens Los Angeles Olympics Ronald Reagan
  16. 1985 Purple Rain Tour with guest artists Prince
  17. 1985 Trip to Los Angeles for Tulum research Federico Fellini
  18. 1986 Co-hosting the 58th Academy Awards Robin Williams
  19. 1988 Final hospitalization and death Richard Feynman
  20. 1989 Connie Chung interview at home Marlon Brando
  21. 1989 61st Academy Awards appearance Robin Williams
  22. 1989 Lives at Bel Air estate Ronald Reagan
  23. 1989 Returns to California after presidency Ronald Reagan
  24. 1990 62nd Academy Awards appearance Robin Williams
  25. 1990 Academy Honorary Award acceptance Akira Kurosawa
  26. 1990 Rallies supporters in Los Angeles Nelson Mandela
  27. 1991 Voice-over recording for Gardens of the World Audrey Hepburn
  28. 1992 Muhammad Ali birthday television taping Whitney Houston
  29. 1992 Cancer surgery at Cedars-Sinai Audrey Hepburn
  30. 1993 Honorary Oscar appearance Federico Fellini
  31. 1994 Los Angeles detox admission Kurt Cobain
  32. 1994 FIFA World Cup closing ceremony Whitney Houston
  33. 1994 Universal Amphitheater concert Selena
  34. 1995 Live session at KCRW Cesária Évora
  35. 1995 Return to Los Angeles and Death Row Tupac Shakur
  36. 1995 United States tour performances in Los Angeles Mercedes Sosa
  37. 1996 Veterans Wadsworth Theater concert Cesária Évora
  38. 1997 Veterans Wadsworth Theater return Cesária Évora
  39. 1998 Arrest at Will Rogers Memorial Park George Michael
  40. 1999 Cancer treatment in Los Angeles Gabriel García Márquez
  41. 1999 Residence in Bel-Air Tony Curtis
  42. 2000 Arista anniversary celebration Whitney Houston
  43. 2001 Hospitalized after hip fracture Ronald Reagan
  44. 2001 Swordfish Westwood premiere Kelly Preston
  45. 2001 The Fast and the Furious premiere Paul Walker
  46. 2002 Latin Grammy Awards performance Celia Cruz
  47. 2003 Filming resumed in Los Angeles Chester Bennington
  48. 2003 2 Fast 2 Furious premiere Paul Walker
  49. 2003 Address to Los Angeles World Affairs Council Kofi Annan
  50. 2004 Grammy Awards opening performance Prince

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